DBP Roro Inter-island Adventure Race - Day 2

Ryza woke up at around 5am. I woke up soon after and Williamson woke up last. We dressed up in our jerseys (which i had to sew up because it was too big) and headed out to look for breakfast. We were the first out again. Excited talaga. Soon after, Roxy, Chad and Charee came out and then Peaches and Derek. The others came soon after.

Breakfast was a simple affair. The photo shoot after was not. It was hard to figure out where to look with all the cameras pointed at us. The different colored jerseys were cool though.

We then got herded off to the waiting but with our Oakley packs and brought to the first stop in our race, the DBP Office in Bohol. We were asked to wait inside the building after a short photo shoot at the foyer. Bea told people via radio through a phone link and the celebs visited the DBP officers. Soon after, each team was given little flags and we were placed in a mini-cab vehicle to be paraded around the area and around the plaza where people waited. After some tinikling and other dances, the DBP president gave a speech and then we were introduced. More pictures were taken then our first clues were given.

After Mitch said "Ready, set, Roro!" We were off. We had to figure out where our bags were (i figured out where ours were since i took note of it after they started arranging our bags near the monument) and catch a tricycle to get to the DBP Office. We were the first to arrive. We got confused by the marshall who asked us to go around. Team Sikatuna just went straight for the waiting mini-cabs as we ran towards ours. It was then a race to get to Alona Kew Beach in Panglao Island for our next clue. It was crazy as we had to ask people to move out of our way in the narrow streets of bohol. Once we got there, we had to run into the resort and straight onto the beach. There were 3 teams there at practically the same time. Jen Rosendahl was leaving her teammates as she sped ahead of them.

Our next task was to dig-swim-kayak. Each member must perform one of the tasks. Ahead of time, Ryza said she cant swim and Williamson said he wasnt a good swimmer, too. That left the swim part to me. I assigned Ryza to dig and Williamson to kayak but for some strange reason, Will asked Ryza if she knew how to kayak and when she said yes, he said he will just do the digging. Big mistake. The dig was easy. The swim was more a walk because they told us to wear booties due to some sea urchins in the area. The water was too shallow so i decided to just wade. Ryza did the kayak but since she was light and the winds were strong, she had some difficulty. Nonetheless, she tried and succeeded and we then got our next clue which was to head on to the place indicated on the picture we just pieced together from the bags we got from doing the task. It was in Bool, Bohol and it was the place where the Blood compact was done. We had another race and then the rush to the pitstop and voila, we ended up four.... third. Third because the first team forgot their clue and had to go back. Luckily, it was a non-elimination leg and all teams just had a taste of the pressure and thrill.

Another mini-cab ride brought us back to Alona Kew Beach resort where we ate, swam a bit and freshened up before a long bus ride to the port where we were to ride the roro to Cebu.